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Castell de Sant Felip (Es Castell, Spain)


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    • Castillo de San Felipe (Es Castell, Spain)
    • Fort Saint Phillippe (Es Castell, Spain)
    • Fort St. Philippe (Es Castell, Spain)
    • Fortaleza de San Felipe (Es Castell, Spain)
    • Saint Philips Castle‎ (Es Castell, Spain)
    • San Felipe, Fortaleza de (Es Castell, Spain)
    • Sant Felip, Castell de (Es Castell, Spain)
    • St. Philippe, Fort (Es Castell, Spain)‏
    • St. Philips Castle (Es Castell, Spain)
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  • Sources

    • found: Lagarda Mata, F. Mapes i plànols antics del Port de Maó i el Castell de Sant Felip , 2020:p. 3 (...Castell de Sant Felip, one of the most emblematic buildings in the port of Mahon)
    • found: Ajuntament des Castell website, 14 April 2023 :cultural tourism (Castell de Sant Felip; Castillo de San Felipe; 16th century castle, which in 1756 was considered the largest fortress in Europe; underground there is an impressive and extensive labyrinth of galleries made by the Spanish and the English during their occupations; built following the design of the Italian engineer Juan Bautista Calvi; it was a castle with four bastions joined by curtains and surrounded by a narrow and deep moat dug into the stone; later, in the 17th century, it was extended to cover the curtains by ravelins on the other side of the moat, and the complex was surrounded by a covered path, palisade and glacis; the town of Sa Raval (predecessor of the current town of Es Castell) grew on the edge of the fortress)
    • found: DNB via VIAF, 19 April 2023(Castillo de San Felipe--Villacarlos; variants: St. Philips Castle‏, Saint Philips Castle‎, Fort St. Philippe, La Fortaleza de San Felipe)
    • notfound: GNS, 19 April 2023
  • History Notes

    • [Established August 2023.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 2023-04-14: new
    • 2023-08-30: revised
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